We are living in a world where everything is about maximizing. Be it productivity, wealth or happiness. We are so lost in this race that we end up sailing in many boats at the same time. It does not hit us in the initial days of our journey as we self gloat about our products …
Author Archives: Atul
duality
I have come across many instances where duality takes a top seat. People on face value say something other than what they commit. Why do we have to live in dual us? Is it because we are too scared of being who we are in all instances? Or is it how we have conditioned ourselves?
Free Thinkers
Running a small team of developers have made me realize that be successful as a team we all have to be a good thinker. We are so much stuck to pedigree, experience that we miss out on free-thinking and creativity. The beauty of software development is that a solution can be made in many ways. …
boat
We are in a boat, sailing in the uncharted territory. The outcome is not in our hands, but that should not stop us from sailing. The same applies to our life, purpose, and aim. We have to keep pushing ourselves in attaining them, enjoy the journey and should not worry about the outcome. My past …
karma
I joked over karma all this while, my sense has always been APNA KAAM KARO (do your work), be virtuous. Why do we have to do good expecting something good in return? Why do we have to act for karma?
bored
Why do we get into the zone of being bored? Is it because of our failed expectations or meaninglessness? Or is it because we are clueless about what now, what is next or not satisfied with the present? I don’t know but I keep hearing from friends being bored at work or watching a movie …
equality
I had fatigue every time I heard people talking about equality. Our country, culture is so divided and diverse that equality is a dream. One thing which has more power over equality is education. It is a great equalizer. With proper education, we are capable of choosing life on our terms. Most developed countries had …
nature
Nature is what I have been missing from my life. I grew up enjoying summer holidays with my grandma, eating mangoes, guavas and other fruits from orchids, bathing in bore well pumps. Most of those are gone now. We have house The village, the charm, and melas around Navaratri, the playful fun during Holi have …
satisfaction
The life we are currently in is like we are playing super Mario. To win imaginary levels we are running. We call it a goal, prestige, and power. How much these mattered to us when we were kids? Were we not innocent and lived in now? We are running for more and creating imaginary metrics …
January Readings
The greatest salesman in the world. Nuts Saying No to Jugaad: The Making of Bigbasket My tall green friends